Liberty Reborn

With the Olympics coming to China, the eyes of the world are on the nation still ruled by hard line communists. And those eyes are seeing a lot of things that China doesn’t want to be seen:

PARIS (AP) - Moves to punish China over its handling of violence in Tibet gained momentum Tuesday, with a novel suggestion for a mini-boycott of the Beijing Olympics by VIPs at the opening ceremony.

Such a protest by world leaders would be a huge slap in the face for China’s Communist leadership.
France’s outspoken foreign minister, former humanitarian campaigner Bernard Kouchner, said the idea “is interesting.”
Kouchner said he wants to discuss it with other foreign ministers from the 27-nation European Union next week. His comments opened a crack in what until now had been solid opposition to a full boycott, a stance that Kouchner said remains the official government position.

China should never have been granted the privilege of hosting the Olympic games based on their history. But someone, somewhere though it would be a good idea to reward a bunch of tyrants.

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